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Judaism in Context
Judaism in Context provides a platform for scholarly research focusing on the relations between Jews, Judaism, and Jewish culture and other peoples, religions, and cultures among whom Jews have lived and flourished, from ancient times through the 21st century. The series includes monographs as well as edited collections.
Series Editorial Board
Rivka Ulmer, Bucknell University (Chair)
Phillip Lieberman, Vanderbilt University
Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University
Jonathan Jacobs, Bar Ilan University
Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford University
W. David Nelson, Groton School
Lieve Teugels, Protestant Theological University of Amsterdam
The Rabbis’ King-Parables
Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire
Series: Judaism in Context 7
ISBN: 978-1-61719-159-6
The Rabbis’ King-Parables: Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire examines the ancient Rabbis at work using parables about kings; parables that reflect the Rabbis' ideas about the role of the ruler in society, and the relationship of humanity to God. It considers the parables as resistance literature in light of the work of theorists of dominated groups. It is the first systematic attempt to read the parables as sources for Roman history in over 100 years.
$199.00
Judaic Logic
Edited by Andrew Schumann
Series: Judaism in Context 8
ISBN: 978-1-61719-194-7
Judaic reasoning is discussed from the standpoint of modern logic. Andrew Schumann defines Judaic logic, traces Aristotelian influence on developing Jewish studies in Judaic reasoning, and shows the non-Aristotelian core of fundamentals of Judaic logic. Further, Schumann proposes some modern approaches to understanding and formalizing Judaic reasoning, including Judaic semantics and (non-Aristotelian) syllogistics.
$182.00
Interpretation, Religion and Culture in Midrash and Beyond
Proceedings of the 2006 and 2007 SBL Midrash Sessions
Edited by Lieve M. Teugels & Rivka Ulmer
Series: Judaism in Context 6
ISBN: 978-1-59333-619-6
The third issue of Proceedings of the Midrash session at the SBL Annual meeting published in this series. This volume contains papers on religion in midrash (2006) and modes of biblical interpretation in rabbinic, Syriac and Islamic traditions (2007).
$161.00
Midrash and Context
Proceedings of the 2004 and 2005 SBL Consultation on Midrash
Edited by Lieve M. Teugels & Rivka Ulmer
Series: Judaism in Context 5
ISBN: 978-1-59333-582-3
A collection of seven groundbreaking essays on Rabbinic midrash and related texts by a new generation of erudite scholars combining the themes of the 2004 and 2005 SBL midrash sessions: “Jewish and Christian Hermeneutics” and “Midrash and Cultural Studies,” this book is a must have for clergy, students, scholars, and laypersons interested in deepening their understanding of Rabbinic and Patristic biblical interpretation.
$167.00
How Should Rabbinic Literature Be Read in the Modern World?
Edited by Matthew A. Kraus
Series: Judaism in Context 4
ISBN: 978-1-59333-214-3
Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts. Such a conversation between diverse scholars illuminates the hermeneutical issues generated by the contemporary study of the Talmud and Midrash.
$174.00
The Life & Legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki
By J. Prouser
Series: Judaism in Context 1
ISBN: 1-59333-097-9
Walenty Potocki was a young Polish nobleman who abandoned wealth, power, and unlimited worldly prospects to convert to new religion - Judaism. Potocki was betrayed by a member of the religious community he embraced and burned at the stake by the Church he left behind in 1749. This book examines eleven versions of this remarkable man’s story and the heated, previously unpublished, correspondence between the Potocki clan and one of his early biographers. Noble Soul is the record of one man’s defining faith, and of the compelling human need for personal spiritual fulfillment.
$144.00
Recent Developments in Midrash Research
Proceedings of the 2002 and 2003 SBL Consultation on Midrash
Edited by Lieve M. Teugels & Rivka Ulmer
Series: Judaism in Context 2
ISBN: 1-59333-201-7
This work consists of a selection of papers from sessions during the first two years of SBL Consultation on Midrash. It demonstrates innovative approaches to midrashic texts and hermeneutic reflections on similarities and differences between interpretations of the Bible.
$111.00
All is in the Hands of Heaven
The Teachings of Rabbi Mordecai Joseph Leiner of Izbica (Revised edition)
Series: Judaism in Context 3
ISBN: 1-59333-337-4
Mordecai Joseph Leiner of Izbica was a unique thinker in the history of Hasidism with a highly personal vision of Judaism. His teachings, partially derived from the Przysucha-Kotsk school, adopted the concept of absolute divine providence as a cornerstone. He also reinterpreted the Lurianic concept of tiqqun, originally intended as a cosmological concept, to apply to the individual, creating a new path to spiritual self-perfection.
$124.00